That's too bad.Hopefully your mechanic takes some responsibility for this.

That really sucks, Rosty. I can sympathize with you. I dropped a couple of lifters right after my rebuild got out of warranty. It cost me almost $7,000. :pissedoff:

I would but he is about 3 1/2 hrs away from me.

Yeah, that head should have been tossed away after the valve loosened up, sucks but like you said, "thats truckin"

At least you have everything right there, motel, restaurant, and Kim the cute waitress...............LOL

Tell Rick you want it to run like the "lime green KW"............he'll know who you mean.........

Alright I'll mention the lime green kw :thumbsup:

It's good to hear Rick knows what he's doing. I'm always worried over different people working on my truck so your confidence in Rick puts me at ease. I also worry about mechanics that aren't used to the old mechanicals and might be a bit "lost" when it comes to them.

When he called me down to look at the damage last night he seemed knowledgeable. He was very polite and took the time to show me and my wife everything he found. He also agreed to take some pictures of the head for me to have for my mech since they need the old one for a core. They're also going to take pics of everything else that's damaged.

The restaurant in this hotel is pretty good, they have a kick ***** salad bar. I might have overdone it a bit tonight on the picked eggs. Say a prayer for my wife. :lol:

He's the only one I let work on the big green fella, most of my buddies swear by him too, you are in good hands with Rick

:lol2::lol2::lol2::lol2: That's hilarious!!! Hope she has one of these. :surrender:

Thanks for your responses Maniac. You really helped to lower my stress level with this whole mess. Now I have to see how my mech shop will handle themselves.

You and I started about the same time. I won't even tell you how much I've spent in repairs this year. However as I'm up to 14 trucks I can spread it out. I'll say tnis though, this is one brutal business. Good luck to you anyway.

Thanks merrick, You're right this is one brutal business. And just think, I got out of construction because I was tired of the headaches. :lol:

Update: hopefully we're out of here today. My shop called me yesterday and got the number to the CAT shop and spoke with them directly, they also told me they won't leave me hanging in the wind. My shop is also in contact with the machine shop that did the work on the head.